Sample mirror service

Sample mirror service configuration

The following figure shows a sample mirror service configuration.

Figure 93-1: Sample mirror service configuration
Sample mirror service configuration

In this sample configuration, Router B is the mirror source that carries the customer packets. Router A is the mirror destination. The ingress and egress traffic on Port 5/2/1 is mirrored on the destination, Port 3/1/3. The following table lists the high-level tasks to configure the sample mirror service.

Table 93-1: Sample mirror service configuration

Task

Description

1. Connect the packet sniffer to the mirror destination.

The packet sniffer is attached to Router A, Port 3/1/3.

2. Configure the mirror destination parameters.

Port 3/1/3 on Router A is specified as the mirror destination.

Specify the Tunnel ID 1000 as the transport tunnel to the mirror destination.

All the parameters required to configure the type of mirroring, for example, slicing and mirror classification, are specified in the destination parameters.

3. Specify the source entity that is to be mirrored.

The egress and ingress traffic on Port 5/2/1 is to be mirrored.